In a race that came down to a 1.2% difference, San Juan County Chief Deputy District Attorney Brian Decker unseated a district judge appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Decker, a Republican from Farmington, challenged District Judge Brenna Clani-Washinawatok in the race for 11th Judicial District Court Judge Division 6.
Clani-Washinawatok, a Democrat, was the first female Native American judge to be appointed to the bench in New Mexico. The former prosecutor ran on her experience in both the state court and the Navajo Nation court systems…